Help indentifying this cichlid

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Joegourami

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Hello. Recently I got a pair of Tanganyika cichlids, but the LFS owner didn't tell me the species. Can you help me and tell me the species, please?


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looks like a stressed or muddied leleupi. Substrate makes areal impact on there color. on darker substrate they look like yours and people refer to is as "muddy" people usually have them on white substrate to bring out the yellow more. It may also just be stressed. Stress will affect the color also.
 
Yeah, that's a lamprologus leleupi, and it's colors are way off, they are typically bright orange. I will warn you this isn't the best species for mbuna, and to keep an eye on everyone. The colors are more than likely from stress, especially if new
 
Yeah, that's a lamprologus leleupi, and it's colors are way off, they are typically bright orange. I will warn you this isn't the best species for mbuna, and to keep an eye on everyone. The colors are more than likely from stress, especially if new
They are with other 5 yellow labs. Will there be a problem? And how do I get their colors back?
 
Just give it time. That's not an ideal mix but it will probably work. Leleupi can get highly territorial.
 
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